The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"Sir, this is a memorial from the Ministry of Officials. I've found it."

In Wei Guangde's duty room, Lu Bu quickly came in front of him with a memorial in his hand, and held it in both hands before sending it to him.

The memorials to the Ministry of Personnel are either to rectify the administration of officials and tighten official discipline, or to transfer officials below the fourth rank.

There is no doubt that the memorial that Wei Guangde wanted was actually a memorial about the adjustment of a group of officials and was submitted to the palace for filing.

After all, the transfer of officials and the recommended candidates are only drafts before they are drafted by the cabinet and approved by the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the official appointment and removal documents for officials cannot be officially issued.

Of course, for the appointment and removal of low-level officials, the cabinet and the palace generally delegate power to the Ministry of Personnel, and their petitions are generally not dismissed.

Therefore, the Ministry of Personnel can also be considered to control the promotion of low-level officials.

If Wei Guangde didn't care much about the officials in the past, as his position in the court became more and more stable, more and more people followed him, and the resources he needed to fight for naturally increased in cost.

In fact, the relationship between Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng, which used to be in charge of one or two ministries and did not penetrate each other, has become complicated.

Wei Guangde needed to intervene in some affairs of the Ministry of Personnel and even the Ministry of Household Affairs, and arrange some people, and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War also had people recommended by Zhang Juzheng.

However, in general, the officials in charge are still mainly those recommended by them, which means that the power is still under their influence.

The clear-cut situation in the past no longer exists.

This memorial is actually the Ministry of Personnel's plan to adjust some official positions in Jiangnan.

Wei Guangde did not go through Zhang Juzheng, but asked the people he placed in the official department to propose some candidates.

Naturally, these are the people who are usually close to him.

This is not only to provide resources for promotion below, but also preparations he needs to make to accomplish something.

Just like if Zhang Juzheng wanted to implement Qingzhang in Fujian, he must take over the administrative and supervisory powers of Fujian.

The Administrative Division is the main office in charge of Qingzhang Tiandi, while the Chief Secretary is in charge of the administrative power of the province and naturally has the greatest influence on the local area.

With the support of these two yamen, there is no need to worry about the issue of clearing the father-in-law.

The official positions in the Ming Dynasty are like carrots and pits. If someone wants to occupy the pits, there will inevitably be competition.

In the past, he used Zhang Juzheng to send messages to the officials and confirm his position.

This time, Wei Guangde planned to try out the results of his layout to see if it could affect the appointment and dismissal of some local officials.

Wei Guangde only glanced at the changes in officials in several other provinces and paid little attention to them. However, he kept searching the memorials with his eyes.

Soon, a line of words appeared in his eyes.

"Promoted to Nanjing's official official, Zhongjiang Yidong, and deputy envoy for promoting education in Jiangxi"

Seeing this, Wei Guangde nodded, and a smile finally appeared on his face.

Immediately, he quickly looked at the appointment and dismissal of other officials. There was no issue that needed attention, so he simply wrote "yes" on the paper. Then he picked up the paper and blew gently on it, hoping that the ink would dry quickly. .

Since Wei Guangde could compete for this position through the people he placed, he naturally knew when the memorial would be delivered to the palace.

In fact, just yesterday, the competition for several official positions in this memorial was still going on in the Ministry of Personnel. Several doctors in the Ministry of Personnel were still arguing over who should be assigned to these positions.

This is also the reason why Wei Guangde wants to get the memorial as soon as possible. Today the memorial enters the palace. If he gets the upper hand, he will naturally let the memorial pass the cabinet review smoothly.

Otherwise, he would consider whether to ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to "re-examine" the draft.

After all, next year is the year of the provincial examination.

Although Wei Guangde did not intend to let his son pass the provincial examination directly from the county examination, it was good for his son to experience the cruelty of the provincial examination.

Therefore, he only took action against Jiangxi academic officials.

As for the chief examiner of the Jiangxi Provincial Examination in the future, he will not care about it and let the children take the exam on their own. It doesn't matter whether they pass or not.

After that, Wei Guangde picked up the memorial and read it again. He wanted to see where the person Jiang Yidong had squeezed out ended up.

Yes, Wei Guangde acted on the spur of the moment this time, so he acted very hastily.

In fact, Jiangxi Tixue had already been selected before other candidates, and Wei Guangde arranged for him to snatch this position from others.

The unlucky guy who was squeezed out was named Zhao Canlu. At this time, he was still a promotion official in Raozhou. Because he scored extremely well in two assessments, he planned to be promoted to a civil servant in Jiangxi and be responsible for Jiangxi's cultural and educational projects.

However, Wei Guangde read the memorial twice and did not see the name of Zhao Shenlu. He was obviously squeezed out by him.

Wei Guangde didn't feel any guilt. If Zhao Canlu was really good, then he would still have a chance to continue to be promoted, just in a different place.

When the ink on the paper was finally dry, Wei Guangde put the paper into the memorial and put it aside on his desk.

There are all his memorials after drafting the votes.

"You go down first."

Wei Guangde said calmly, and after Lu Bu returned to the check-in room, Wei Guangde continued to read other memorials.

Wei Guangde started to read the memorials again, but before he could process two copies, Lu Bu quickly walked into the room again and whispered in his ear: "Master, the Chief Minister has sent someone over to ask the master to come over and talk about it."

Wei Guangde was stunned. He had just processed a report from the Ministry of Officials. It couldn't be such a coincidence.

Wei Guangde actually knew that Zhao Canlu was a Jinshi in the Longqing year, and that year was the joint examination presided over by Zhang Juzheng, so he was also his disciple.

But what a coincidence, this Zhao Canlu was arranged by Zhang Juzheng.

But Wei Guangde was not afraid, just a fourth-rank supervisor, not a big deal.

Now Zhang Juzheng's planned reform still needs his help.

As long as Wei Guangde is unhappy, although it may not necessarily be bad, it is not impossible to delay time, or even let those officials in the Ming officialdom attack Zhang Juzheng.

After all, who knows what land measurement is for.

Those who support it are actually mostly rising stars in the local area, and their families don't have much land.

Since there are not many fields, it doesn't matter whether the land is measured or not, anyway, the loss is not big.

And those old gentry families are the ones who suffer the most in this struggle.

However, if Zhang Juzheng really aimed at the royal family and nobles in this land survey campaign, then these gentry families might not be so resistant.

After all, compared with the hereditary nobles, what are they?

Wei Guangde quickly went to Zhang Juzheng's office, and after paying his respects, he took a memorial from Zhang Juzheng.

It was drafted by the Ministry of Revenue, about the things that need to be paid attention to in the land survey.

The cabinet and the palace have already approved it, and the court will naturally formulate corresponding regulations for the specific measurement methods.

And this memorial is the Ministry of Revenue's method for measuring land.

Wei Guangde read it and found that it was similar to the regulations set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but the methods used in the survey process were different.

Traditionally, the step length estimation method and the rope measurement method are generally used to measure land.

As the name suggests, during the Ming Dynasty, the commonly used land measurement method was to use the step length to estimate the area. This method is simple and easy, but there is a large error when facing irregular fields.

Rope measurement is the use of ropes for measurement. It is also a common land measurement method. Although this method is more accurate than the step length estimation method, it still has certain limitations when dealing with complex terrain.

In fact, geometry in ancient China was still very developed, perhaps because there were some complex terrains that needed to be calculated.

Wei Guangde looked at the new methods reported by the Ministry of Revenue at this time, and he couldn't help thinking of it with evil taste in his heart.

After all, the Chinese attach great importance to fields, so they naturally hope that the calculated area is as accurate as possible.

This time, the innovative measurement techniques proposed by the Ministry of Revenue include the technique of pushing steps and gathering the top, the technique of measuring the step cart, and the technique of cutting and patching.

Wei Guangde also read various arithmetic books of the Ming Dynasty in his spare time, and he still has some understanding of the geometry at that time.

Therefore, it is easy to see that the Ministry of Revenue has used its brains this time.

The first method of pushing steps and gathering the top is obviously an efficient land measurement method that can quickly and accurately measure the area of ​​irregular fields, especially for fields with extremely irregular shapes.

This method uses a mathematical principle similar to the "shoelace formula" of later generations. By establishing a coordinate system, measuring the coordinates of the vertices of the plot, and then performing specific calculations to obtain the area of ​​the plot.

The measuring walker is similar to using a tape measure in later generations, using standard measuring tools. The use of this tool greatly improves the accuracy and efficiency of measurement, representing a technological leap in the history of land measurement in the Ming Dynasty.

As for the art of cutting and patching, in fact, for irregular plots, the ancients usually used the "art of cutting and patching", that is, patching the plot into a rectangle, and then cutting it into triangles, and determining the area of ​​the entire plot by calculating the area of ​​the triangle.

As for manpower, the Ministry of Households suggested selecting from the Nanjing Imperial College and sending them to Fujian to assist in the survey.

The Imperial College was the highest institution of learning and education management agency in ancient China.

Emperor Wu of Jin Sima Yan first established the Imperial College, and it was changed to the Imperial College during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui. During the Tang and Song dynasties, the Imperial College, as a national education management agency, governed its Imperial College, Imperial College, and Four-door College, etc., each of which had a doctor and a priest responsible for management.

In the early Yuan Dynasty, the Imperial Academy was established, which belonged to the Jixian Academy and was under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Academy. In addition, there were also Mongolian Imperial Academy and Huihui Imperial Academy, also known as the Imperial Academy, to distinguish them from the Han people and the southerners.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Academy was large in scale, divided into the South and North, located in Nanjing and Beijing respectively.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Academy studied the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", and also studied the "Complete Collection of Nature and Ethics" as well as laws and regulations, books and numbers. Arithmetic, as one of the basic subjects, was also one of the contents that students in the Imperial Academy had to learn.

The content of the examination for the students included multiple subjects such as classics, policy essays, poetry, and arithmetic.

The Imperial Academy had six halls, namely the three elementary halls of justice, Chongzhi, and Guangye, the two intermediate halls of Xiudao and Chengxin, and the advanced hall of Ruxing.

In the three halls of Zhengyi, Chongzhi and Guangye, beginners who are only proficient in the Four Books are enrolled; in the two halls of Xiudao and Chengxin, students who have studied for more than one and a half years, passed the examination, and are fluent in both literature and science are enrolled; in the one hall of Ruxing, students who have studied in the intermediate hall for one and a half years and passed the examination and are proficient in both classics and history and literature and science are enrolled.

After being enrolled in the advanced hall, the students will be determined whether they will be assigned to official positions based on the point system.

The so-called point system is a system inherited from the Song and Yuan dynasties and is specifically used for the assessment of students in the advanced hall.

The specific implementation is: an examination is held once a month, and those who are excellent will be given one point, those who pass will be given half a point, and those who fail will be given no points.

Anyone who accumulates 8 points within one year will pass, be given a birth, and be assigned an official position. If the points are less than 8 points, they will continue to study in the hall.

In addition, if you handle the tasks assigned by the court, you will also get certain points based on your performance.

It can be said that if your students all hope to obtain official positions, that is, "background", they will naturally be more active if you ask them to participate in the land survey in Fujian.

Of course, those students who are very good at studying and have almost earned enough points will naturally disdain to do it.

It is actually a good thing to fill in with students. After all, they are familiar with arithmetic, and they are naturally familiar with the calculations in the land survey.

Wei Guangde carefully read the first draft in his hand and nodded and said: "The regulations are quite detailed, and they should be considered. I think it is feasible.

As for the required materials, just ask the Ministry of Works to make a batch of them.

It is better to make more. When the provinces start measuring in the future, they should need a lot of such things."

Wei Guangde said.

"There is no need to be so troublesome. Just decide the method and let the provinces prepare the required materials by themselves."

Zhang Juzheng stroked his beard and smiled.

"Well, no."

But this time Wei Guangde did not nod, but thought for a while and said: "There is no order without rules. The materials used for land surveying should be supervised by the Ministry of Works and distributed to various prefectures and counties for use.

If they are allowed to prepare on their own, I am worried that someone will interfere.

Whether it is deliberately made big or small, it is a storm if it gets out of hand."

Wei Guangde seemed to have such a paragraph in his memory, that is, in order to curry favor with Zhang Juzheng, local officials used small bows to measure the land, so that they could measure more acres of land out of thin air.

At the moment of implementing the performance evaluation system, the higher the land tax, the higher the score can be obtained when the officials are inspected.

Some officials do such things against their conscience for their own interests.

Wei Guangde naturally wants to avoid such unfair things as much as possible, so as to reduce the various incidents caused by measuring the land in the future, and thus be questioned by others about the necessity of doing things.

After all, the court still has the fish scale book in its hands. Such a big fuss is a waste of national financial resources in the eyes of some people, which is really a bad policy.

Of course, this is just a reason for opposition, because this measurement will greatly damage their interests.

Seeing Wei Guangde's insistence, Zhang Juzheng also felt that Wei Guangde's worries were not groundless, so he nodded and said: "Okay, then all the measuring tools will be supervised by the Ministry of Works in the future, and then distributed to the provinces. '

After that, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng discussed for a while and made some revisions to the draft regulations.

"Brother Uncle, I think it's almost done. Let the Ministry of Revenue report it as soon as possible, so as not to have more dreams at night."

After Wei Guangde finished speaking, he stood up and said goodbye, and left the duty room.

As soon as he went out, he saw a eunuch walking towards this side.

Wei Guangde slowed down his pace and heard the eunuch go in and salute Zhang Juzheng and then said to him loudly: "Master Prime Minister, my godfather asked me to bring you a message. The master is in his prime, so he can't play with foreign objects." (End of this chapter)